In fact a significant increase in foreign visitor arrivals to Bali, Indonesia's most popular island, was detected. In May 2014, a total of 285,965 foreign visitors entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai International Airport on Bali, a 16.8 percentage point growth from the same month in 2013. The two other most important points of entry are Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (located just outside the capital city of Jakarta) and the island of Batam (near Singapore).


Foreign Tourist Arrivals in 2013-2014:

Month  Tourist Arrivals
         2013
 Tourist Arrivals
         2014
January        614,328        753,079
February        678,415        702,666
March        725,316        765,607
April        646,117        726,332
May        700,708        752,363
June        789,594  
July        717,784  
August        771,009  
September        770,878  
October        719,900  
November        807,422  
December        766,966  
Total       8,802,129       3,700,047


Foreign Tourists Arrivals 2007-2014:

    2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013   2014¹
Foreign Tourists
(in millions)
  5.51   6.23   6.32   7.00   7.65   8.04    8.80    9.5

¹ indicates government target
Source: Statistics Indonesia (BPS)

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